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Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general' [‎136v] (272/561)

The record is made up of 1 file (279 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1927-1 Mar 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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that the position should he re-examined
by His Majesty’s Government.
5* The Government of India, in
formulating their own proposals, proceed or.
the assumption that the proposal which they
have already made that expenditure on the
Bahrain and Muscat Agencies, at present
borne entirely by India, should be shared
equally between Indian and Imperial
revenues will be accepted by His Majesty’s
Government. Their viev/s on this matter
were supported by Lord Zetland in the
letter addressed to you on the 6th Nov.
*
1936, No. P.Z.7103/36. On the assumption,
therefore, that^their present liability
for expenditure in Persia and the Gulf area
*L)L< ^ MU,
limited in principle to one half.the
Government of India, with a view to setting
a limit to their expenditure over the next
five years (a point to which, as will be
seen from their letter^they attach great
importance), propose that their liability
should be fixed at an annual lump sum
contribution in respect of expenditure in
Persia and on the Arab shore of the Gulf for
that period, and that all expenditure
whatever, whether on capital or on revenue
account, in excess of that sum (with the
exception, of course, of expenditure on the
construction of the new Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. towards
which tney will contribute up to Rs.6 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ;
should be a charge on Imperial revenues.
Taking the average rate of expenditure for
the last three years for which accounts
A are/

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The file concerns the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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The file is composed of correspondence between the Viceroy, the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Government of India, and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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1 file (279 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 280; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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